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Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading
Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading University of South Florida, St. Petersburg St. Petersburg Florida Book. Music. Authors. Food.
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival: Author Village
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival: Author Village Meet many of the authors you participated in the 2017 Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival, which was held at Curtis Hixon Park. These images and photos...
Colette Bancroft
Colette Bancroft NONE Colette Bancroft is the book editor for the Tampa Bay Times since 2007, directs the annual Festival of Reading, and served on the National Book Critics Circle board. She holds E...
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival Curtis Hixon Park Tampa Florida The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival is an annual, cultural arts & music festival that takes place over the course of 10 days in Tamp...
Tampa Bay Noir
Tampa Bay Noir Colette Bancroft 9781617758102 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books “For too long readers have connected Florida Noir with the admittedly fascinating locales of Miami-Dade County, thanks...
African Americans of Tampa (Images of America)
African Americans of Tampa (Images of America) Ersula Knox Odom 9781467112741 Nonfiction Arcadia Publishing Arcadia Publishing Tampa has a fascinating past that has been wonderfully documented with on...
Tampa Bay Black Authors Expo
Tampa Bay Black Authors Expo The Portico Tampa Florida The TBBAE grew from a desire to showcase the diverse literary talent that is alive and well in the greater Tampa Bay area. By creating the only e...
Tampa Bay Black Authors Expo
Tampa Bay Black Authors Expo Tampa Florida The TBBAE grew from a desire to showcase the diverse literary talent that is alive and well in the greater Tampa Bay area. By creating the only expo dedicat...
Jeff Carroll at the Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival
Jeff Carroll at the Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival Literary Events Jeff Carroll speaks with AALBC.com during the 2017 Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival (#TBBHF17). Learn more about this multi-genr...
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival - The Authors
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival - The Authors Literary Events These authors appeared at the 2017 Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival on January 21, 2017. Learn more about their work: Pamala McCoy: h...
Ashay by the Bay
Ashay by the Bay Ashay by the Bay Ashay by the Bay Ashay by the Bay is located in Vallejo, California near San Francisco. Deborah Day, the Founder and CEO, started the company in 1997 and began selli...
Ashay by the Bay
Ashay by the Bay Ashay by the Bay Ashay by the Bay Ashay by the Bay is located in Vallejo, California near San Francisco. Deborah Day, the Founder and CEO, started the company in 1997 and began selli...
Cathy Finch White
Cathy Finch White NONE Cathy Finch White, a former medical professional turned author, advocates for child education through reading. She has written four award-winning books, including “Anna Learn's...
William L. Ingram
William L. Ingram NONE William “Bill” L. Ingram, a retired entrepreneur, and successful small business owner, is now a writer focused on spiritual and personal growth. A resident of Tampa Bay, Florid...
Charleston Literary Festival
Charleston Literary Festival Various Downtown Venues Charleston South Carolina Charleston Literary Festival is a boutique literary festival that runs every November for ten days in Charleston, South C...
Calabash International Literary Festival
Calabash International Literary Festival Treasure Beach Treasure Beach Jamaica, W.I. The Calabash International Literary Festival, held on a biennial basis on even years, was founded in 2001 by three ...
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Who You Wit’?: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel (del Rio Bay Clique Novels)
Who You Wit’?: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel (del Rio Bay Clique Novels) Paula Chase 9780758225849 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. Mina Mooney has a new worst enemy—her best friend… Summer is ...
So Not The Drama: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel
So Not The Drama: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel Paula Chase 9780758218599 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. In exactly one hour, eighteen minutes, and thirty-five seconds, Mina Mooney will be dip...
Mia E. Bay, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage
Mia E. Bay, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage MULTIPLE Mia E. Bay, Farah J. Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage are renowned authors with significant contribut...
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival Kwame Dawes 9781936070077 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books Contributors include: Robert Pins...
Bay Area Book Festival
Bay Area Book Festival In Downtown Berkeley Berkeley California The Bay Area Book Festival is the primary project of the Foundation for the Future of Literature and Literacy, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit org...
Ashay by the Bay Sacramento Black Book Festival
Ashay by the Bay Sacramento Black Book Festival Literary Events Deborah Day, owner of Ashay by the Bay Bookstore, speaks to AALBC.com at the Sacramento Black Book Festival on June 3, 2017: Learn more ...
Texas Book Festival
Texas Book Festival State Capitol and surrounding grounds Austin Texas The Texas Book Festival (#TXBOOKFEST) celebrates authors and their contributions to the culture of literacy, ideas, and imaginati...
Vegas Valley Book Festival
Vegas Valley Book Festival Las Vegas Nevada The Vegas Valley Book Festival, now in its fifteenth year, is a celebration of the written, spoken, and illustrated word. The festival has networked togeth...
Sixth Annual National Book Festival
Sixth Annual National Book Festival Sixth Annual National Book Festival THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. 2006 National Book Festival ...
Black Authors Festival @SagHarbor
Black Authors Festival @SagHarbor Breakwater Yacht Club Sag Harbor New York The Black Authors Festival @Sag Harbor is a nationally celebrated in-person event, recognized by USA Today as one of the Top...
The Schomburg Center's Third Annual Black Comic Book
The Schomburg Center's Third Annual Black Comic Book The Schomburg Center's Third Annual Black Comic Book Festival Third Annual Black Comic Book Festival Saturday, January 17, 2015, 10 am - 7 pm 51...
Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sport
Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sport Banjul The Gambia An African Diaspora, One World, Pan African experience Mboka means ‘One Family’ in Wolof and will offer festival attendees a...
BWABC Literacy Festival
BWABC Literacy Festival Memphis Cook Convention Center Memphis Tennessee 2017 Festival was cancelled “The BWABC Literacy Association will not hold its annual festival in 2017. We thank you for...
Great American Book Festival
Great American Book Festival Main Street Square Rapid City South Dakota The Great American Book Festival was created by the founders of Literary Classics Book Awards & Reviews In an effort to suppo...
(sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay: A Children’s Picture Book
(sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay: A Children’s Picture Book Otis Redding 9781617758508 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Otis Redding and Steve Cropper’s timeless ode to never-ending days is given f...
Festival of Women Writers
Festival of Women Writers Hobart New York The Festival of Women Writers has become a highly anticipated event, unique among cultural happenings in the Catskill Region, especially in Delaware County. ...
Keyshawn Johnson
Keyshawn Johnson NONE Keyshawn Johnson, a former first overall NFL pick and Super Bowl winner, enjoyed a successful 11-season career with the Jets, Buccaneers, and Cowboys. Now, he co-hosts an ESPN r...
Murder in Montego Bay: A Gripping Crime Mystery Packed with Twists
Murder in Montego Bay: A Gripping Crime Mystery Packed with Twists Paula Lennon 9781804051856 Fiction Joffe Books Joffe Books Palm trees, white sandy beaches and a perfect turquoise sea. Jamaica’s Mon...
Murder in Montego Bay
Murder in Montego Bay Paula Lennon 9781909762411 Fiction Jacaranda Jacaranda Introducing crime-fighting duo Jamaican Detective Raythan Preddy and Scottish lawman Detective Sean Harris set in the pictu...
Memory at Bay
Memory at Bay Évelyne Trouillot 9780813938097 Fiction University of Virginia Press University of Virginia Press Winner of the prestigious Prix Carbet—an award won by such distinguished authors as Mary...
The Rhythm of the August Rain: A Novel
The Rhythm of the August Rain: A Novel Gillian Royes 9781476762401 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Shad Myers, the lovable bartender and town sleuth of Largo Bay, hunts down clues to a woma...
The Goat Woman of Largo Bay: A Novel (A Shadrack Myers Mystery)
The Goat Woman of Largo Bay: A Novel (A Shadrack Myers Mystery) Gillian Royes 9781451627411 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The Goat Woman of Largo Bay begins the detective series featuring...
Flipping the Script (Del Rio Bay Novels)
Flipping the Script (Del Rio Bay Novels) Paula Chase 9780758225863 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. It’s junior year at Del Rio Bay High, and from near and far, the guys are taking center sta...
Deborah Day
Deborah Day 0000000066839686 Deborah Day, Founder and CEO of Ashay by the Bay, a publishing company specializing in African American and Multi-Cultural children's and adult books. Established in 1997...
Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn Book Festival Brooklyn Borough Hall and Vicinity Brooklyn New York The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in New York City, presenting an array of national and internat...
Annapolis Book Festival
Annapolis Book Festival The Key School Annapolis Maryland The Annapolis Book Festival is one of the premier community events in the region. Every year more than 3,000 people attend this free community...
Brooklyn Book Festival 2012
Brooklyn Book Festival 2012 Photos and one video from the 2012 Brooklyn Book Festival The 2012 Brooklyn Book Festival The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in Ne...
Utah Humanities Council Book Festival
Utah Humanities Council Book Festival Salt Lake City Utah Previously the The Great Salt Lake Book Festival The annual Utah Humanities Book Festival is Utah’s oldest and only statewide book f...
A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Festival
A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Festival DuEwa M. Frazier Article Up South International Book Festival September 19th ’ September 23rd 2007 www...
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors Loading Brooklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors by Leah Mullen Perhaps the most overlooked and under acknowledged heroines and heroes ...
Toronto International Festival of Authors
Toronto International Festival of Authors Harbourfront Centre Toronto Canada Since its inception in 1974, Toronto’s International Festival of Authors has welcomed more than 9,000 authors from ov...
The Hampton Roads Indie Author Book Festival
The Hampton Roads Indie Author Book Festival Family Life Center 1 Redheart Drive, Hampton, VA 23661 Hampton Virginia Upon returning from an out of state book festival, Florenza Denise Lee wondered wh...
Ann Arbor Book Festival
Ann Arbor Book Festival Ann Arbor Michigan Formed in 2003, the Ann Arbor Book Festival’s mission is to promote reading, heighten awareness of literacy challenges, and showcase the rich culture ...
Dallas Book Festival
Dallas Book Festival Dallas Public Library Dallas Texas Founded in 2006 as the Dallas International Book Festival, the festival is Dallas Public Library’s premiere literary event. The Dallas Boo...
Casey Curry
Casey Curry NONE Casey Curry, Director of Creative Writing at a fine arts school in Tampa, has a rich life experience of moving 13 times due to her husband's military career. A mother of four, she en...
Donna M. Gray-Banks
Donna M. Gray-Banks NONE Donna M. Gray-Banks, founder of F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival, is a successful author known for her suspense erotic trilogy and a guest columnist for various outlets. She hosts tw...
Pamala McCoy
Pamala McCoy NONE Pamala L. McCoy, CEO of BONA5D Credit Consultants, is a credit industry expert with over 25 years' experience. Honored as a top professional, she's been nominated for Tampa Business...
Eric Deggans
Eric Deggans NONE Eric Deggans, NPR's first full-time TV critic, has served as a critic across various mediums and regularly comments on TV for National Public Radio. Raised in Indiana with a journal...
Kimberla Lawson Roby at the Southwest Florida Reading Festival
Kimberla Lawson Roby at the Southwest Florida Reading Festival Literary Events New York Times and AALBC.com Bestselling author, Kimberla Lawson Roby: https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=K...
Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival
Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival Hotel Monteleone New Orleans Louisiana The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was founded in 2003 as a new initiative designed as an innovative way to reach...
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana The highly anticipated New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University returns to Tulane’s uptown campus...
Southern Festival of Books
Southern Festival of Books Nashville Tennessee The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written WordSM is a three-day Festival celebrated each year during the second full weekend of Octob...
Dahlonega Literary Festival
Dahlonega Literary Festival Historic Square of Dahlonega, GA Dahlonega Georgia The Dahlonega Literary Festival is an annual celebration of books that takes place in March. Situated in Historic Downtow...
San Antonio Book Festival
San Antonio Book Festival Central Library and the Majestic Theatre San Antonio Texas The Festival is a day-long event that unites readers and writers alike. Author presentations are held indoors while...
Etheridge Knight Festival
Etheridge Knight Festival Etheridge Knight Festival Etheridge Knight Inc. P.O. Box 18043 Indianapolis, IN 46218 Phone (317) 396-1529.Fax (317) 925-1481 E-mail EKFestival@aol.com The 11th Ann...
2nd Annual Up South Int'l Book Festival
2nd Annual Up South Int'l Book Festival 2nd Annual Up South Int'l Book Festival Read an article about this event: A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Fes...
Women's History Month Literary Festival 2015
Women's History Month Literary Festival 2015 Women's History Month Literary Festival 2015 featuring, Elizabeth Alexander, LaShonda Katrice Barnett, Lalita Tademy and Linda A. Duggins Women’s History M...
Twin Cities Book Festival
Twin Cities Book Festival MINNESOTA STATE FAIRGROUNDS Minneapolis Minnesota The Twin Cities Book Festival—brought to you by Rain Taxi—is not only the largest and most important literary ga...
Books in Bloom Literary Festival
Books in Bloom Literary Festival Color Burst Park Columbia Maryland Books In Bloom is an innovative, progressive, and memorable festival, poised to be one of the premier book festivals in the region. ...
AJC Decatur Book Festival
AJC Decatur Book Festival Downtown Decatur Decatur Georgia The AJC Decatur Book Festival is the largest independent book festival in the country and one of the five largest overall. Since its launch, ...
University Spring Literary Festival
University Spring Literary Festival Ohio University Athens Ohio Since 1986, The Spring Literary Festival has featured some of the world's finest, most distinguished writers of poetry, fiction and non-...
Queens Book Festival
Queens Book Festival LIC Landing by Coffeed Queens New York “The Queens Book Festival, debuted on August 7, 2016, is the largest and most inclusive literary gathering in Queens. It fills the bor...
Festival of Colors
Festival of Colors Surishtha Sehgal and Kabir Sehgal 9781481420495 Fiction Beach Lane Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Learn all about Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors, in this lush picture book from b...
Kellie Magnus on the Kingston Book Festival
Kellie Magnus on the Kingston Book Festival Literary Events Kellie Magnus tells AALBC.com about the Kingston Book Festival during the 2016 Brooklyn Book Festival. AALBC.com is planning a group trip t...
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT!
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT! Troy Johnson Article A few weeks ago, I visited Essence Magazine’s website to learn which Black owned bookstore they were going to use as the books...
Toni Blackman
Toni Blackman 0000000036920264 Toni Blackman, an international champion of hip-hop culture, is known for her captivating performances and powerful presence. She's the first hip-hop artist to work as ...
Jael Richardson
Jael Richardson NONE Jael Ealey Richardson is a Toronto-based author and educator with an MFA in Creative Writing. Known for her memoir and children's book, both titled The Stone Thrower, her work re...
LaKesa Cox
LaKesa Cox NONE LaKesa Cox is an award-winning author and screenwriter with over 20 years of experience. She has published four novels and has contributed to two anthologies. She was acknowledged as ...
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors Troy Johnson Article Brooklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors by Leah Mullen Perhaps the most overlooked and under acknowledged heroines and heroes...
East of the River Book Festival
East of the River Book Festival Rocketship Rise Academy Washington District of Columbia The 2017 East of the River Book Festival is a magnet for city dwellers from all wards to recognize and enjoy a l...
Rescuing History Authors Tour
Rescuing History Authors Tour Multiple Cities & States Tampa Florida Multiple City & State Event! The Rescuing History Authors Tour — A Rolling Symposium features the following stops: ...
Best Richardson African Diaspora Literature & Culture Museum, Tampa FL
Best Richardson African Diaspora Literature & Culture Museum, Tampa FL Author Interviews Learn about Best Richardson African Diaspora Literature & Culture Museum and many other independent, Black-owne...
She Nell
She Nell NONE Nell is a devoted wife and mother living in Tampa, Florida. Blessed with three daughters, she cherishes her role as a child of the King. She Nell is a wife, mother, and daughter of the ...
African American Literature Book Club
African American Literature Book Club Tampa FL Our mission is to share information and celebrate Black culture through books.We do events and operate pop-up storesIn our Tampa office we meet with clie...
Bonnie J. Glover
Bonnie J. Glover NONE Born in Alabama and raised in Brooklyn, Bonnie J. Glover is a graduate of Florida A&M University and Stetson University College of Law. She has worked for the Housing Authority ...
Gigi Best
Gigi Best NONE Gigi Best, a prolific author, historian, and genealogist, is also the owner of Best Books & Rich Treasures. She possesses rich academic credentials and is a member of various historica...
Ashley Lynch-Harris
Ashley Lynch-Harris NONE Ashley Lynch-Harris is a renowned author known for her modern mysteries echoing Golden Age detective fiction. A member of the International Association of Crime Writers and a...
Deborah G. Plant
Deborah G. Plant 0000000055229006 Deborah G. Plant is a respected scholar and critic, specializing in African American literature and Africana Studies, particularly the works of Zora Neale Hurston. P...
Andre Polite
Andre Polite NONE Andre Polite, CEO & Founder of Polite Visions, reinvented himself after personal struggles, leading to his transformation as a mindset coach and author of T.I.P.S. “Taking Initiativ...
Melissa Koby
Melissa Koby NONE Melissa Koby, a Jamaican-born illustrator based in Tampa, uses art as a form of self-healing. Her faceless figures encourage viewers to see themselves in her work, focusing on emoti...
Bookmarks: Reading in Black and White A Memoir
Bookmarks: Reading in Black and White A Memoir Karla FC Holloway 9780813539072 Fiction Rutgers University Press Rutgers University Press What are you reading? What books have been important to you? Wh...
Patricia A. Saunders
Patricia A. Saunders NONE Patricia A. Saunders, an author from Connecticut, now based in San Francisco, began her writing journey after her mother's passing. She released her first book in 2012 and i...
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books University of Southern California Los Angeles California The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who ...
Southwest Florida Reading Festival
Southwest Florida Reading Festival Fort Myers Regional Library Fort Myers Florida There really is something for all ages to experience at the Southwest Florida Reading Festival. Everyone enjoys the mu...
Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival
Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival Sharjah U.A.E. It's more than a festival - it's an estatic celebration that goes beyond one age group, enriching the whole family whilst instilling a love of readi...
The Cottage on Pelican Bay
The Cottage on Pelican Bay Brenda Jackson 9781335458124 Fiction Canary Street Press HarperCollins Sometimes one hot night simply isn’t enough. Two years ago, Zara Miller found herself heartbroken a...
Little John Crow
Little John Crow Ziggy Marley and Orly Marley 9781617759802 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books After being abandoned by his animal friends, Little John Crow must come to terms with what it means to b...
Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women
Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women Mia E. Bay, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage 9781469620916 Nonfiction University of North Carolina Press University of North ...
The Secrets of Paradise Bay
The Secrets of Paradise Bay Devon Vaughn Archer 9781601627018 Fiction Urban Renaissance Urban Renaissance Former international model Ivana Kendall-Lancaster gives it all up to marry the love of her li...
The Sea Grape Tree: A Novel (A Shadrack Myers Mystery)
The Sea Grape Tree: A Novel (A Shadrack Myers Mystery) Gillian Royes 9781476762388 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Set in a sun-kissed Caribbean paradise, this third book in the Shad detect...
That’s What’s Up!: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel
That’s What’s Up!: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel Paula Chase 9780758225825 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. Mina Mooney is about to discover that when you’re at the top, the only place to go is ...
Don’t Get It Twisted: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel
Don’t Get It Twisted: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel Paula Chase 9780758218612 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. Mina Mooney’s parents are killing her social life. It’s time to fight back… Mina’s...